# escalar
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scālāris.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kəˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.kəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.kaˈlaɾ]

#### Adjective

escalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escalars)
* scalar

### Etymology 2

From escala +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.kaˈlaɾ]

#### Verb

escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalí, past participle escalat)
* (transitive) to scale, climb, ascend

##### Derived terms

* desescalar
* escalada
* escalament

### Further reading

* “escalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “escalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “escalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “escalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From escala +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈlaʁ/ [is.kaˈlah], /es.kaˈlaʁ/ [es.kaˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈlaʁ/ [is.kaˈlah], /es.kaˈlaʁ/ [es.kaˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kaˈlaɾ/, /es.kaˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kaˈlaʁ/ [iʃ.kaˈlaχ], /eʃ.kaˈlaʁ/ [eʃ.kaˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kaˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar

#### Adjective

escalar m or f (plural escalares)
* (mathematics, physics) scalar

### Etymology 2

From escala +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ɾ)/, /es.kaˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kaˈla(χ)], /eʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kaˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kaˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar

#### Verb

escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalei, past participle escalado)
* to climb, mount, scale
* to scale (to change size of)
* (of a soccer coach) to field, to choose a given player or players for the starting lineup
* (soccer) to recite a particular team's lineup

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* desescalar

### Etymology 3

From es- +‎ calar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kaˈla(ɾ)/, /es.kaˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kaˈla(χ)], /eʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kaˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kaˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar

#### Verb

escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalei, past participle escalado)
* to unscale

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskaˈlaɾ/ [es.kaˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧ca‧lar

### Etymology 1

From escala +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalé, past participle escalado)
* (transitive) to scale, to climb
    Synonyms: subir, trepar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* desescalar
* escalable
* escalamiento
* escalar puestos

### Etymology 2

From escala +‎ -ar or from Latin scalāris.

#### Adjective

escalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escalares)
* scalar

##### Derived terms

* escalarmente
* producto escalar

### Further reading

* “escalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* aclarés, aclares, calares, calarse, caleras, celarás, celaras, clareás, clareas, lacares, lacerás, laceras, lacrase, lascaré, lascare, recalás, recalas, secaral